GERMAN THREATS

Taranaki Daily News, 13 September 1940, Page 8

GERMAN THREATS

10,000 BOMBING PLANES Berlin, Sept. 11. "Ten thousand planes with loads of bombs are going to the London area in the next few days," said a German spokesman. "Two thousand five hundred planes will be rotating four times daily between London and French supply bases, starting to-night. Bombers from home airports situated in Germany will fly daily to the French coast, where they will take on bombs for flying to London, not returning to their home airports until they have completed their fourth London visit." A spokesman for Dr. Goebbels, Propaganda Minister, said: "I would not give a farthing for the Houses of Parliament. Now the Reichstag has been bombed there is no reason why we should not bomb the British Parliament out of existence. If the British try to hit the Chancellery, then Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle will go as sure as you live." He added that Germany would land troops in England if necessary but he declared there was a possibility of Encland's collapse. A German communique stated: "Last night the enemy bombed various localities in the north of France, Belgium and northern Germany. Little damage was caused. London was the chief target of Germany's reprisal attacks. Numerous fires were added to those already existing. We also bombed other military objectives, especially harbour installations, aerodromes and industrial plants in the south-east of England. A German bomber sank a convoyed 8000-ton British merchantman southward of the Hebrides."